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by 4rd4fun

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I thought this would be a good place to ask for advice. I would like to implement a good sniffer on our network but there are so many. Has anyone had good or bad experiences with any of these guys? Which is better a stand alone device or a software package that can be moved? I am wanting to know the traffic on our network so I can tell if there is a problem.

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by jdclyde

If you have switches, you have to be able to set a port to listen mode or you will miss everything but the unicasts.

by stress junkie

Free. Easy to use. Runs on Windows or Linux/Unix. Lots of capabilities for data analysis built in.

Download from ethereal.com.

by einjeher

i've tried this at school and its pretty much the same thing as Ethereal but you see the packets in your terminal screen as they passed thru your card

www.snort.org

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